Countdown 49

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Story title Stretching the Truth
Previous story Countdown #50: Countdown: Last Laugh: Karate Kid
Next story Countdown #48: Countdown: Death from Above: Karate Kid
Publication date May 23, 2007
Cover date May 23, 2007
Creators
Writer(s) Paul Dini, Tony Bedard
Penciller(s) Carlos Magno
Inker(s) Jy Leisten
Letterer(s) Jared K. Fletcher
Colourist(s) Rod Reis
Editor(s) Mike Marts, Jeanine Shaeffer
Cover artist(s) Andy Kubert, Moose Baumann

Stretching the Truth: Karate Kid

(Entire story: 20 pages/82 panels, Legion-related: 2 pages/9 panels)

Synopsis

Key Quotes and Catchphrases

Roll Call

Legionnaires

Other Heroes

  • Red Arrow (7 panels)

Planets and Settings

  • JLA Satellite (9 panels)

Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff

Solicitation

COUNTDOWN #51-48

COUNTDOWN #51 is on sale May 9, 2007
COUNTDOWN #50 is on sale May 16, 2007
COUNTDOWN #49 is on sale May 23, 2007
COUNTDOWN #48 is on sale May 30, 2007
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by PAUL DINI and others
Breakdowns by KEITH GIFFEN
51 Written by PAUL DINI; art by JESUS SAIZ
50 Written by JIMMY PALMIOTTI AND JUSTIN GRAY; art by JIM CALAFIORE
49 Written by TONY BEDARD; art by CARLOS MAGNO
48 Written by ADAM BEECHEN; art by DAVID LOPEZ
Covers by ANDY KUBERT and TIM TOWNSEND

The event of the year is here! This brand-new, year-long weekly series features a cast of hundreds where anything goes! With head writer Paul Dini and a rotating team of some of the industry’s best writers and artists, COUNTDOWN will serve as the backbone of the DCU in 2007.

When a character dies in COUNTDOWN 51, it sets off an unexpected ripple that will touch virtually every character in the DC Universe.

The COUNTDOWN is on…so begins the end!

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